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SAFED KOH (" See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:mountain ") , in many respects the most remarkable range of mountains on the See also:north-See also:west frontier of See also:India, extending like a 14,000 ft. See also:wall, straight and rigid, towering above all surrounding hills, from the See also:mass of mountains which overlook See also:Kabul on the See also:south-See also:east to the frontiers of India, and preserving a strike which—being more or less perpendicular to the border See also:line—is in See also:strange contrast to the usual conformation of frontier See also:ridge and valley. The highest See also:peak, Sikaram, is 15,620 ft. above See also:sea-level, and yet it is not a conspicuous point on this unusually straight-backed range. Geographically the Safed Koh is not an isolated range, for there is no break in the continuity of See also:water See also:divide which connects it
with the See also:great Shandur offshoot of the See also:Hindu Kush except the narrow trough of the Kabul See also:river, which cuts a deep waterway across where it makes its way from Dakka into the See also:Peshawar plains. Strategically it is an important topographical feature, for it divides the See also:basin of the Kabul river and the Khyber route from the valley of See also:Kurram, leaving no practicable pass across its rugged See also:crest to connect the two. Its western slopes, where it abuts on the mountain masses which dominate the Kabul See also:plain, are See also:forest-covered and picturesque, with deep glens intersecting them, and bold craggy ridges; the same may be said of the See also:northern spurs which reach downward through the See also:Shinwari See also:country towards See also:Gandamak and See also:Jalalabad. Here the See also:snow lies See also:late and moisture is abundant—but on the See also:southern See also:sun-scorched cliffs but little vegetation is to be seen. Approaching the Peshawar plains the Safed Koh throws off See also:long spurs east-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward, and amongst the foothills of these eastern spurs the See also:Afridi See also:Tirah long remained hidden from See also:European eyes.
End of Article: SAFED KOH (" white mountain ")
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